Video: The SBS struck more than 260 energy facilities in the Russian Federation

As part of Operation “Crimean Circuit Breaker Off,” UAS units successfully targeted 27 power facilities in occupied Crimea and southern Ukraine between August 17 and 22 alone.

In total, since the start of this operation—from July 1 through August 22—267 energy infrastructure facilities have been put out of commission.

Among the targets struck were high-voltage substations, gas turbine power plants, and gas distribution stations. Specifically, the following were hit:

• the 500 kV “Taman” substation in the Krasnodar Krai of the Russian Federation;

• gas turbine power plants in the towns of Karyerne and Naumivka in Crimea;

• the 500 kV “Pobeda” and 330 kV “Khartsyzka” substations in the Donetsk region;

• gas distribution stations in Yevpatoria, Ternivka, Volodymyrivka, and Olenivka;

• a number of 110 kV substations in Crimea—Koktebel, Malorichenske, Alupka, Gaspra—and in the Donetsk region.

The following units contributed to the successful completion of the missions: the 412th SBS Brigade “Nemesis,” the 413th Operational Battalion of the Special Forces “Raid,” the 414th Special Forces Brigade “Ptakhiy Madyara,” the 427th Special Forces Brigade “Rarog,” the 20th SBS Brigade “K-2,” the “Phoenix” Group of the State Border Guard Service, and the 1st Separate SBS Center.

At the same time, the Unmanned Systems Forces are carrying out Operation “MoLoChKa,” which aims to block the movement of vessels belonging to Russia’s “shadow fleet” in the Sea of Azov, the Kerch Strait, and the northeastern part of the Black Sea.

Throughout August, Ukrainian drones struck 36 vessels. In total, during the operation—from July 6 to August 22—242 enemy vessels were put out of commission, including 134 in the Sea of Azov and 108 in the Black Sea.